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The Qing dynasty of the Manchus was at the height of its power . Over a century later , the Qing Dynasty collapsed .
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The rebels seized Najing and massacred 25,000 men , women , and children . For 10 more years the revolt continued .
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Chinese agreed to legalize opium trade and open new ports to foreign trades .
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Sat-Cho alliance forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the West .
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The armies attacked the shogun’s palace in Kyoto and proclaimed that the authority of the emperor had been restored .
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The country was divided into 74 prefectures . In 1889 it was dropped to 45 and still remains 45 today .
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Ba Jin was born in 1904 . Ba Jin was was well attuned to the rigors and expected obedience of Chinese family life .
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At the convention in Tokyo , in 1905 , Sun united radical groups from across China and formed the Revolutionary Alliance , which became the Nationalist Party .
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In 1907 , president Theodore Roosevelt made a gentlemen's agreement with Japan that stoppped Japanese immigration to the United States .
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The elections for a national assembly were even help in 1910 . Japan defested Russia . Japan annexed Korea outright .
